In between innings on the scoreboard at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies run video segments asking players, coaches and broadcasters different questions. One of them inquires about the strangest thing they've ever eaten.

When it's Sandberg's turn, he spills the beans (or should I say Meow Mix?) about the cat food, which wasn't a once and done type of thing. He said he actually did it for about a year.

"I don't know what I liked about them, the crunchiness of them," says Sandberg on the video board.

Over the weekend reporters asked Sandberg if the story was actually true and the manager confirmed it.

"Absolutely," exclaimed Sandberg.

It had to start with a dare or something though, right?

"Dare? No. I was six, seven years old. It was there. They didn't hurt me, no, not at all."

Hurt him? If anything I think it helped him. If only I had known at a younger age that eating cat food would have helped me become a 10-time major league All-Star.